WinKaraoke Player 1.5 README
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WinKaraoke Player is a MIDI karaoke player for Windows 95. It supports all MIDI synthesizers through the Windows MIDI Mapper. In addition, you can customize the display of lyrics including:

The use of any Windows TrueType font 
An animated bouncing ball 
Customizable colors 
Customizable background bitmap 

Changes to WinKaraoke Player can be found in HISTORY.TXT, called "Revision History" in the program group.

Installation
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WinKaraoke Player 1.5 requires a Windows 95 compatible MIDI soundcard.

To install, unzip this archive into a temporary directory, then run "SETUP.EXE".

Known Problems
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When changing the position of the song to a different lyric, the music and words may not be synchronized in playback.  This is a problem with the Windows MCI (Media Control Interface) pausing and then reporting an incorrect position in the song.  Try starting from a different lyric in the song.  It MAY NOT be possible to start anywhere except at the beginning of the song with some karaoke files.

Note:  This probably will not be fixed until Microsoft rewrites MCI.  It apparantly has not been changed significantly since Windows 3.1.  MMSYSTEM.DLL is still 16-bit code, accessed through a "thunked" 32-bit DLL called WINMM.DLL.  This means Windows has to "switch" from 32-bit to 16-bit operation in order to run the 16-bit code.

Shareware
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Remember, WinKaraoke Player 1.5 is shareware.  If you enjoy this program, please support the Shareware concept and register!  Read Register.wri for more information about registration.  The registration fee for this program is $20.

Contact
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To contact the author, e-mail:

Francis Li <fli@sonic.net>

Or visit the WinKaraoke Homepage for the latest information:

http://www.sonic.net/~fli/


Also, thanks to:
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Tim Jensen for some ideas and testing,
and
Vincenzo Palleschi for help with synchronization problems when using MCI- If you need a Karaoke program with recording options, look for Midi-Oke! 2.3...